What Vista element do you want to see on th Mac?
There have plenty of people bad mouthing MS-Windows Vista, for whatever reason, and sometimes without even taking a look at it. I recently got to see the system in action and I must say it looks quite good. Sure there are things they could do better, but then again MacOS X wasn't much better when it first came out. There may be some copying of the Mac, but then again most OSs are copying off each other and improving on various elements, much like car manufacturers. I am still very much a Mac user, so I am not at the point of wanting to switch.
What I would like to know, from those of you who have actually spent time with the new operating system, is what features in Vista do you like to the point of wanting to see them on the Mac. If there is a third-party utility which allows the Mac to have feature x from Vista, then I think that is worth noting too.
Please keep this thread civilised. This is about the positive stuff, so please don't use it as your personal advocasy thread.
To start off, here are a few that I liked:
- The size indicators for the various mounted volumes
- The 3D task switcher (liked it, though maybe a distraction)
- The widgets on the side of the screen.
What I would like to know, from those of you who have actually spent time with the new operating system, is what features in Vista do you like to the point of wanting to see them on the Mac. If there is a third-party utility which allows the Mac to have feature x from Vista, then I think that is worth noting too.
Please keep this thread civilised. This is about the positive stuff, so please don't use it as your personal advocasy thread.
To start off, here are a few that I liked:
- The size indicators for the various mounted volumes
- The 3D task switcher (liked it, though maybe a distraction)
- The widgets on the side of the screen.
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I like the use of blurs in addition to transparency for menus.
That's pretty much the only thing I liked. They also use it on the borders of various windows.
I don't really like the appearance of Vista at all. The shiny black color scheme is nice but the effects not so much IMO. I'd need to test it more to see but I didn't really see much beyond what I've mentioned. I thought I'd like Flip3D but it's not very useful given that it only shows a few windows at a time.
256x256 icons. Woot.
Leopard will support 512x512 icons.
Leopard will support 512x512 icons.
So how much do you wanna bet Windows Vienna will have 1024x1024 icons...
So how much do you wanna bet Windows Vienna will have 1024x1024 icons...
Or vectorized icons, which Leopard might have.
Oh, and I would also like to see Vistas affordable pricing. Oh wait - not!
I've heard that the widgets on Vista run in the background so that they're ready immediately. I think I would like the same to be the case on 10.5
Tiger is that way, but if you don't want it happen there is work arounds, like not launching dashboard.
Tiger is that way, but if you don't want it happen there is work arounds, like not launching dashboard.
Tiger is 10.4? Or 10.5? I get confused between the names
If 10.4, then my widgets for some reason seem to have like a 5sec or so delay. Just enough to be irritating.
Tiger is 10.4? Or 10.5? I get confused between the names
If 10.4, then my widgets for some reason seem to have like a 5sec or so delay. Just enough to be irritating.
You need to empty your dashboard cache. Go here to see how.
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/maco...peed/index.php
- The size indicators for the various mounted volumes
Well, i am not quite sure what you mean exactly. Though i've got
a hunch. Isn't that exact feature available on the Mac since 1991 (System 7)?
Windows management - It is about time Apple do something about it
Appearence Themes, man. Just like in OS 8... Or at least the ability to change a colour or two other than "Blue" and "Graphite"... Seriously, that's just ridiculous...
I know! Gizmo sucked, but HiTech and DrawingBoard were AWESOME.
Compared to OS9, OSX is a HUGE step backward so far as appearance customization. Apple really needs to give us at least SOME options...